A head-on collision Sunday morning, July 24, on Rt. 460 East involving two vehicles killed the drivers of both vehicles.
The collision occurred shortly before 10:00 a.m. near the Roanoke Street exit. One driver, Haley Hawthorne of Christiansburg, was traveling west on 460, crossed the median, and collided head-on with a vehicle traveling east and driven by Adam Wilson of Blacksburg. Both drivers were pronounced deceased at the scene.
LifeGuard was contacted and landed on the highway, but both patients died before they could be airlifted.